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Where the Hell is Matt? (2008)
Where the Hell is Matt? (2008)
14 months in the making, 42 countries, and a cast of thousands. Thanks to everyone who danced with me. Make sure to click "watch in HD" right underneath the video. www.wherethehellismatt.com http
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Where the Hell is Matt?
Where the Hell is Matt?
I had a great time making this. Hope you enjoy it. www.wherethehellismatt.com www.STRIDEgum.com
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Where the Hell WAS Matt?
Where the Hell WAS Matt?
Here's the original. Made in 2003 and 2004. Posted in 2005.
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Matt Damon in Team America
Matt Damon in Team America
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Matt Damon's 5 text parts in Team America World Police
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Stride Gum -- Dancing Matt 2008
Stride Gum -- Dancing Matt 2008
www.Stridegum.com - Stride Gum -- Dancing Matt 2008
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MATT AND KIM -
MATT AND KIM - "DAYLIGHT" (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)
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  • Published: 22 Oct 2008
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Directed by Micah Perta www.mattandkimmusic.com GRAND available now iTunes itunes.apple.com
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My Love Screams - Lindsey Sky (feat. Matt Giraud)
My Love Screams - Lindsey Sky (feat. Matt Giraud)
Visit Lindsey's Official Website: www.lindseysky.com Download this song on iTunes itunes.apple.com Twitter: twitter.com Facebook: www.facebook.com "My Love Screams" is Miami-based artist Lindsey Sky's debut release featuring American Idol, Matt Giraud. Based loosely on the Twilight trilogy, "My Love Screams" is an emotionally charged duet combining a timeless pop sensibility within a haunting, almost brooding framework. Sky's airy voice is offset with Giraud's soulful swagger. Get ready to be dazzled.
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How the Hell Did Matt Get People to Dance With Him?
How the Hell Did Matt Get People to Dance With Him?
I was invited to give an Ignite Talk at Gnomedex in Seattle on August 22nd, 2008. I decided to explain how we got people to come out and dance in the 2008 video.
http://wn.com/How_the_Hell_Did_Matt_Get_People_to_Dance_With_Him?
Matt Damon Rips Sarah Palin
Matt Damon Rips Sarah Palin
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  • Published: 10 Sep 2008
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"CBS News RAW": Actor Matt Damon criticizes Alaska governor Sarah Palin, citing her inexperience in national politics and comparing her candidacy to "a bad Disney movie."
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F*@#ing Matt Damon
F*@#ing Matt Damon
Sarah Silverman reveals that she is f*@#ing Matt Damon to Jimmy Kimmel
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Matt Cardle - Starlight
Matt Cardle - Starlight
Buy Matt's debut album 'Letters' from iTunes now: www.smarturl.it Music video by Matt Cardle performing Starlight. (C) 2011 Simco Limited under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
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Where the Hell are Matt's Outtakes
Where the Hell are Matt's Outtakes
Here's some stuff that didn't make it into the last video.
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Matt Cardle - Run For Your Life
Matt Cardle - Run For Your Life
UK & Ireland 'Run For Your Life' buy now: www.smarturl.it Music video by Matt Cardle performing Run For Your Life. (C) 2011 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
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Where the Hell is Matt (2005)?
Where the Hell is Matt (2005)?
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  • Published: 05 Sep 2006
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  • Author: koshysx7
This is the 2003-2004 version of a man named Matt's adventure around the world, although it was posted in 2005. He visited many different countries on this trip and has danced in all of them. The official website is www.wherethehellismatt.com The places he visited in this video includes: Beijing, China Hanoi, Vietnam Delhi, India Moscow, Russia Bangkok, Thailand Agra, India Prague, Czech Republic Angkor Wat, Cambodia Bengal Jungle, India Los Angeles, California Suhbaater, Mongolia Kilimanjaro Summit, Tanzania Siberia, Russia Monte Alban, Mexico Tsavo, Kenya Impenetrable Forest, Uganda Yangon, Myanmar Westport, Connecticut Seattle, Washington New York, New York
http://wn.com/Where_the_Hell_is_Matt_2005?
MattRach - The NEW Canon Rock - ALBUM 2011 Link !
MattRach - The NEW Canon Rock - ALBUM 2011 Link !
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  • Published: 12 Oct 2006
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  • Author: mattrach
Download this song on iTunes : itunes.apple.com Download MattRach's backing tracks on : mattrach-official.com All my vids : youtube.com Become a fan on Facebook : www.facebook.com Follow me on Twitter : twitter.com Thanks for your support !
http://wn.com/MattRach__The_NEW_Canon_Rock__ALBUM_2011_Link_!
Matt Costa - Sunshine
Matt Costa - Sunshine
Music video by Matt Costa performing Sunshine. (C) 2006 Brushfire/Universal Motown
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Matt Confesses: Where the Hell is Matt? Video an 'Elaborate Hoax'
Matt Confesses: Where the Hell is Matt? Video an 'Elaborate Hoax'
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Matt Harding's Where the Hell is Matt (2008): www.youtube.com Full-resolution chart image: tinyurl.com Viral video sensation Matt Harding responds to accusations on YouTube that his Where the Hell is Matt? video was faked. In a startling confession, Harding reveals the entire thing was actually a big-budget marketing campaign featuring elaborate CGI, animatronic puppets, and a submerged 747 airplane. EG is the celebration of the American entertainment industry. Since 1984, Richard Saul Wurman has created extraordinary gatherings about learning and understanding. EG is a rich extension of these ideas - a conference that explores the attitude of understanding in music, film, television, radio, technology, advertising, gaming, interactivity and the web - The Entertainment Gathering Matthew "Matt" Harding (born September 27, 1976) is an American video game designer and Internet celebrity known as Dancing Matt for his viral videos that show him dancing in front of landmarks and street scenes in various international locations. Harding has since received widespread coverage of his travel exploits in major print and broadcast media outlets. He is originally from Westport, Connecticut. He began his game industry career working for a video game specialty store called Cutting Edge Entertainment, Harding later worked as an editor for GameWeek Magazine in Wilton, Connecticut, and then as a software developer for Activision in Santa Monica, California and then Brisbane, Australia.
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Matt Nathanson - Come On Get Higher
Matt Nathanson - Come On Get Higher
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Music video by Matt Nathanson performing Come On Get Higher.
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Matt Damon's headliner speech at the Save Our Schools March in DC, 7/30/2011
Matt Damon's headliner speech at the Save Our Schools March in DC, 7/30/2011
Twitter: @danbrownteacher Matt Damon's headliner speech at the Save Our Schools March in DC, 7/30/2011 --- introduction from his educator mom. Check out my education blog "Get in the Fracas," hosted by the Teacher Leaders Network: teacherleaders.typepad.com
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MATT AND KIM - YEA YEAH
MATT AND KIM - YEA YEAH
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www.mattandkimmusic.com www.myspace.com/mattandkim band : MATT AND KIM song : YEA YEAH album : MATT AND KIM directed by NICHOLAS CHATFIELD-TAYLOR & MATT we shot this in one "here goes nothin!" kinda take. the smell still follows me!
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matt houston rnb de rue
matt houston rnb de rue
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matheo
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Stride Gum -- Dancing Matt
Stride Gum -- Dancing Matt
www.Stridegum.com - This is Matt. He quit his job to dance around the world. We support Matt's bold move and like him so much we sent him on a second trip. Check out all the places he traveled to this time around. And, be sure to keep an eye out for more to come from Matt.
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M. Pokora - Oblivion
M. Pokora - Oblivion
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Music video by M. Pokora performing Oblivion. (P) 2011 EMI Music France
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14 months in the making, 42 countries, and a cast of thousands. Thanks to everyone who danced with me. Make sure to click "watch in HD" right underneath the video. www.wherethehellismatt.com http...
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  • Swindon Mela in the Town Gardens
  • Matt Kemp in the outfield at Petco Park August 2011
  • Matt Kemp returns to the dugout after hitting a home run against the Detroit Tigers on 22 May 2010
  • Matt Kemp at the plate in 2008
  • Matt Kemp with the Los Angeles Dodgers, August 3, 2011
  • Jamey Carroll with the Dodgers, 2011
  • Carlos Monasterios in dugout at Dodger Stadium, 26 June 2010
  • Kershaw pitching in the 8th inning on Brooklyn Dodgers throwback day in 2011
  • Clayton Kershaw pitching in 2010
  • Dodgers closer Jonathan Broxton closes out a game versus the Pittsburgh Pirates, 16 September 2009
  • Troy Tulowitzki catching a pop-up in game four of the 2007 World Series.
  • Greg Smith, a pitcher on the Colorado Rockies baseball team, Pitching against the Philadelphia Phillies, 10 May 2010
  • Matthew Thomas
  • Matt Belisle during his tenure with the Cincinnati Reds in 2006
  • Matthew Wade Stairs is a former Canadian professional Major League baseball outfielder, first baseman, designated hitter, and pinch hitter.
  • Miguel Tejada playing for the Houston Astros in 2008
  • Chris Young warms up between innings
  • Jon Garland, Chicago White Sox pitcher. Warming in the bullpen before game vs. the New York Yankees at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago, Illinois, 17 May 2007
  • Nathan John Schierholtz is a Major League Baseball outfielder for the San Francisco Giants.
  • Guillermo Mota with the Los Angeles Dodgers
  • Madison Bumgarner pitching for the San Francisco Giants on July 19, 2011 against the LA Dodgers. First pitch of the game, 19 July 2011
  • San Francisco Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner pitching against the Chicago Cubs, August 9, 2010.
  • Los Angeles Dodgers minor leaguer Andy LaRoche before a Dodgers/Boston Red Sox spring training game at City of Palms Park in Fort Myers, Florida, 5 March 2007
  • Octavio Eduardo Dotel is a Domincan professional baseball pitcher who is currently a Free Agent.
  • Sam Fuld withTampa Bay Rays at Baltimore Orioles May 8, 2011
  • Marlon Byrd batting for the Rangers in 2009
  • Carlos Zambrano in Denver's Coors Field, August 4, 2004
  • Justin Roberts Towles is a Major League Baseball catcher for the Houston Astros.
  • Joseph Diego Gerut is a former Major League Baseball center fielder.
  • Matt Gamel during his tenure with the Nashville Sounds, Triple-A affiliates of the Milwaukee Brewers, in 2009.


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Kate Hudson arrives at the 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010, in Beverly Hills, Calif.
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's love life is once again in the news, as the NY Post's Page Six that Eva and Los Angeles Laker Matt Barnes shared a...
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  • The White House Posted by Megan Slack on November 11, 2011 at 01:00 PM EST Matt Colvin joined the Air Force on September 11, 2001. During his two tours in Afghanistan he participated in more than 80 combat missions He left the military in 2007 and today works with an organization called Iraq and Afghanistan...
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    Company nameMattel, Inc.
    Company logo
    Company typePublic company
    Traded asNASDAQ-100 ComponentS&P; 500 Component
    Foundation1945
    FounderHarold MatsonElliot Handler
    LocationEl Segundo, California, US
    Key peopleRobert A. Eckert(Chairman and CEO)
    IndustryToys and games
    Revenue US$ 5.856 billion (2010)
    Operating income US$ 901.9 million (2010)}}
    | net_income = US$ 684.9 million (2010) | assets = US$ 5.418 billion (2010) | equity = US$ 2.629 billion (2010) | num_employees = 31,000 (December 2010) | homepage = Mattel.com }} Mattel, Inc. (; ) is the world's largest toy company based on revenue. The products it produces include Fisher Price, Barbie dolls, Hot Wheels and Matchbox toys, Masters of the Universe, American Girl dolls, board games, and, in the early 1980s, video game consoles. The company's name is derived from Harold "Matt" Matson and Elliot Handler, who founded the company in 1945. Handler's wife, Ruth Handler, later became president, and is credited with establishing the Barbie product line for the company in 1959. After the release of the Barbie doll, Mattel revolutionized the toy industry with its talking dolls and toys. Major successes in the 1960s with the talking Chatty Cathy doll in 1960 and See 'N Say toys in 1965 moved Mattel to its position as the number one toymaker in America. Mattel closed its last factory in the United States of America, originally part of the Fisher-Price division, in 2002, outsourcing production to China, the beginning of a chain of events that led to a scandal involving lead contamination. On Friday, September 3, 2010 a mini "Flash Crash" appears to have occurred in Mattel shares which plunged 22% in pre-market trade for no apparent reason, only to recover shortly thereafter.

    Corporate governance

    Board of directors

    Current members of the board of directors of Mattel Inc. are:
  • Robert A. Eckert, chairman
  • Tully Friedman
  • Michael Dolan
  • Vasant Prabhu
  • Dominic Ng
  • Andrea Rich
  • Ronald Sargent
  • Christopher A. Sinclair
  • G. Craig Sullivan
  • John Vogelstein
  • Kathy Whit
  • Corporate responsibility

    Mattel announced its Global Manufacturing Principles (GMP) in 1997, designed to set safe and fair treatment of employees.

    In 2003, Mattel issued its first Global Reporting Initiative report to publicly assess the success of the GMP and commit to improvements. Simultaneous to this report, Mattel issued their 2004 Corporate Responsibility report, the first to be issued by a toy company. From both the 2004 and 2007 reports, a majority percentages of Mattel-owned facilities are regularly audited, it can be seen that Mattel has room to expand its supply chain auditing.

    Following the high-profile recalls of 2007, Mattel appointed Geoff Massingberd as Vice President of Corporate Responsibility, to lead development and implementation of programs business integrity.

    Asia Pulp and Paper Controversy

    On June 8, 2011, Greenpeace launched It's Over", an international campaign criticising Mattel's use of Asia Pulp & Paper's products in its packaging, particularly in its line of Barbie products. Greenpeace accuses Asia Pulp & Paper of clearing Indonesian rainforests and threatening species native to those rainforests. Within two days of the campaign's start, Mattel ordered its packaging suppliers to stop buying from Asia Pulp & Paper pending an investigation into Greenpeace's deforestation allegations, and further ordered its suppliers to report on how they source materials.

    The Learning Company acquisition

    In May 1999, at the height of the dot-com bubble, Mattel acquired The Learning Company for $3.5 billion in stock or 4.5 times annual sales. The Learning Company was considered at the time one of the leading entertainment and educational software companies, owner of such titles as Reader Rabbit, Carmen Sandiego, Myst, Riven, and National Geographic, but had in 1997 accumulated losses of $475 million. Mattel thought that this acquisition would help business diversification by giving the company a leading position in the market of consumer software. Mattel CEO Jill Barad expected to have direct internet sales for all Mattel's toys and predicted that Mattel sales over the Internet would reach $1 billion in a few years.

    In the third quarter of 1999, Mattel expected The Learning Company to post $50 million in profits but in reality it posted losses of $105 million. Despite this loss, CEO Jill Barad continued to be optimistic. Things worsened in the fourth quarter, as The Learning Company's pre-tax losses reached $183 million. For the year The Learning Company's pre-taxes losses were $206 million, on revenues of $750 million. The Learning Company's losses depressed Mattel's 1999 profits and as a result, Mattel posted a $82 million net loss compared to a $206 million net income in 1998. Mattel also warned that it would take a revamping charge of $75 million to $100 million in the first quarter of 2000 because of The Learning Company.

    By 2000, Mattel was losing $1.5 million a day with The Learning Company, and Mattel's stock price (which reached a high of $45 in March 1998) traded at $11 in February 2000. Under pressure, on February 3, Mattel's CEO Jill Barad resigned but received a $50 million severance package. In April Mattel announced that it was selling The Learning Company; analysts predicted that The Learning Company could be sold for $400 million, then for $200 million. In the end, in October, The Learning Company was sold to Gores Technology for nothing other than a percentage of The Learning Company's future profits. In addition Mattel cut 10% of its workforce to further cut costs. As a result of this restructuring Mattel posted a net loss of $430 million for the year 2000.

    ==Product recall== On August 2, 2007, Mattel's Fisher-Price subsidiary recalled almost one million Chinese-made toys, including Dora the Explorer and Sesame Street toys, because of potential hazards from parts of the toys which were colored using lead-based paint that may have exceeded the US Federal limit of 600 parts per million.

    In worst cases, Mattel toys' lead in paint was found to be 180 times the limit. The paint on the toys was up to 11% lead, or 110,000 parts per million. U.S. Federal law allows just 0.06% lead, or 600 parts per million. Children who suck on or ingest toys or jewelry with high lead content may be poisoned, which can lead to learning and behavior problems, even death in some cases.

    On August 14, 2007, Mattel recalled over 18 million products because it was possible that they could pose a danger to children due to the use of strong magnets that may detach. Strong small magnets could be dangerous to the children if two or more were ingested, attracting each other in the intestines and causing damage. Some instances were reported. A child swallowed a Polly Pocket toy magnet and had to undergo a surgery. At the time of the recall, none of the U.S. or European safety legislation and standards addressed the specific hazard of strong magnets. Some of the products had been available in U.S. stores since 2003, during which time Mattel did not consider them harmful enough to warrant a recall. After incidents with similar magnetic toy parts being swallowed, causing perforation of the intestines, Mattel re-wrote its policy on magnets, finally issuing this recall in August 2007.

    Recalled items included die-cast Cars character, Sarge, made between May and July 2007, found to have been manufactured using paint containing higher than acceptable levels of lead (436,000 recalled globally), 7.1 million Polly Pocket toys produced before November 2006; 600,000 Barbie and Tanner Playsets; 1 million Doggie Daycare; Shonen Jump's One Piece; and thousands of Batman Manga toys due to exposed magnets. 18.2 million items were recalled in total.

    Zhang Shuhong, co-owner of the Lee Der Toy Company, which had made a number of toys for Mattel, committed suicide by hanging himself at one of his company's factories in Foshan on August 11, 2007, according to authorities. Lee Der ceased business.

    On September 4, 2007, Mattel recalled a further 530,000 affected toys in the United States – and 318,000 outside the United States – after its intensive testing found that the Chinese-made products contained levels of lead in painted parts that were above the acceptable limit set by the company. This third recall in a month included accessories for Barbie dolls and Fisher-Price toys.

    On June 5, 2009, the Consumer Product Safety Commission fined Mattel and its Fisher-Price division $2.3 million dollars for violation of Code 16 of Federal Regulations CFR 1303, the Federal lead paint ban. While Mattel agreed to the fine, no wrong doing was admitted on the companies part.

    Effect on Mattel

    Among others, Fortune magazine rated the recall of Mattel's products as one of the 'Dumbest Moments' in business for 2007

    Mattel's response

    Mattel has increased audits and testing of all products. In August 2007, CEO Robert Eckert said, "We were let down, and so we let you down," referring to the three massive product recalls for lead contamination of paint.

    On September 21, 2007, Mattel's Executive Vice-President for worldwide operations, Thomas Debrowski, traveled to Beijing. In a meeting with China's product safety chief, Li Chanjiang, Debrowski took full responsibility for the magnet recalls and said that, "vast majority of those products that were recalled were the result of a design flaw in Mattel's design, not through a manufacturing flaw in China’s manufacturers." Reading a prepared text, he continued, "Mattel takes full responsibility for these recalls and apologises personally to you, the Chinese people, and all of your customers who received the toys."

    Partnerships

    In March 2005, Mattel partnered with Oasys Mobile to extend their market into the mobile field. The partnership was announced on March 16, 2005 and gave Oasys Mobile the right to produce games on such licenses as UNO, Ker Plunk!, Toss Across, and Rock'em Sock'em Robots. Since then the two have worked together to add such licenses as the Barbie, Magic 8 Ball and Max Steel IPs to Oasys' portfolio. These subsequent partnerships also extended the territories in which they could market their products. The new markets included Japan and Taiwan for the Barbie license and Japan, China, Korea, India, and the Philippines for the UNO license, and in late 2009, Mattel signed a deal to make WWE toys from 2010 through present (well at least that's how i think of it)

    Lawsuits

    Some of the lawsuits involving Mattel are as follows:

    Keller Rohrback L.L.P. Files Suit Against Mattel, Inc. for Selling Toys Covered in Lead Paint Mattel Lawsuit Seeks Lead Tests for Children. Class action wants toymaker to pay for medical testing. Family files suit against maker of Polly Pocket after son undergoes surgery Mattel against Winx Club. Shareholders File Lawsuit Against Mattel Over Toy Recalls Mattel sued the band Aqua, saying their song violated the Barbie trademark and turned Barbie into a sex object, referring to her as a "Blonde Bimbo." The lawsuit was finally rejected in 2002. Mattel was involved in legal proceedings with Super Duper Publications in an attempt to suppress Super Duper's use of the words "and say" in their therapy products. Super Duper Publications specializes in materials for use in special education classrooms but Mattel accused Super Duper of diluting their "See N' Say" product line. Mattel won the legal battle and was awarded $400,000 in penalties. They are now seeking millions of dollars to pay for their legal expenses and costs. Mattel Inc. defeated MGA Entertainment Inc. in a conflict over the creation of the Bratz doll line. The U.S. District Court in Riverside ruled that Bratz designer CEO, Carter Bryant, violated the terms of his exclusivity contract with Mattel. It was decided that he created the Bratz doll concept while he was working for Mattel. This decision will lead to the possibility for Mattel to claim right to the Bratz doll line as well as the right to receive damages.

  • Mattel Inc VS Playing Mantis. In the mid-1990s, Playing Mantis released a line of rechargeable cars which were a direct copy of the 1970s Mattel Hotwheels Sizzlers with the same name. The merchandise was quickly removed from store shelves. Mattel won the case, however the payout from Playing Mantis remains unknown. Mattel has since re-released its own line of Sizzlers through an exclusive deal with Target Stores.
  • Mattel Inc VS MGA Entertainment. In April of 2011, Mattel was forced to pay $88.5 million to MGA Entertainment in a dispute over the Bratz line of dolls. In the court ruling, the judges found that Mattel did not own drawings of Bratz dolls. The Bratz dolls hurt the sales of Barbie dolls significantly over the period of time that the Bratz dolls were on the market.

    Products

    Mattel distributed Nintendo's products in Canada from 1986 to 1990, the UK until 1990 when Nintendo Computer Entertainment UK was established, and Australia from 1987 to early 1994 when Hiroshi Yamauchi opened Nintendo Australia Pty Ltd, Nintendo's only privately owned subsidiary and had Susumu Tanaka from Nintendo UK Ltd and Graham Kerry from Mattel Australia Pty Ltd as the first Managing Directors of the subsidiary.

    Mattel's international revenue accounts for 49% of its gross sale in 2007, coming from regions like Europe, Latin America and Asia.

    Mattel's International Sales Revenue by Geographical Regions in 2007

    See also

  • 2007 Chinese export recalls
  • Hasbro
  • References

    External links

  • Mattel
  • Vintage Mattel toys
  • Mattel Toys Pictures of many toys at Figure-archive.net
  • Category:Companies established in 1945 Category:Toy companies of the United States Category:Companies based in Los Angeles County, California Category:Multinational companies Category:Toy brands Category:Barbie Category:Card game publishing companies Kettelkamp, Sean: Chatty Cathy and Her Talking Friends; Schiffer Publishing (1998) Category:Doll manufacturing companies

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